{"product_id":"ghost-faces-9781438460079","title":"Ghost Faces","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCombines psychoanalysis, queer theory, masculinity studies, and cultural studies to explore contemporary manhood in film.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2017 Lambda Literary Award in the LGBT Nonfiction category presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhost Faces\u003c\/i\u003e explores the insidious nature of homophobia even in contemporary Hollywood films that promote their own homo-tolerance and appear to destabilize hegemonic masculinity. Reframing Laura Mulvey''s and Gilles Deleuze''s paradigms and offering close readings grounded in psychoanalysis and queer theory, David Greven examines several key films and genre trends from the late 1990s forward. Movies considered range from the slasher film \u003ci\u003eScream\u003c\/i\u003e to bromances and beta male comedies such as \u003ci\u003eI Love You, Man\u003c\/i\u003e to dramas such as \u003ci\u003eDonnie Darko\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e25th Hour\u003c\/i\u003e to Rob Zombie''s remake of the horror film \u003ci\u003eHalloween\u003c\/i\u003e. Greven also traces the disturbing connections between torture porn found in such films as \u003ci\u003eHostel\u003c\/i\u003e and gay male Internet pornography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039721685335,"sku":"9781438460079","price":65.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ghost-faces-9781438460079","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}